Structure of the γ-tubulin ring complex: A template for microtubule nucleation

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 365-370

  Moritz, Michelle ^a   Braunfeld, Michael B ^a   Guénebaut, Vincent ^a   Heuser, John ^b   Agard, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN RING COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOPOLYMERS; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLATINUM; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; REPLICA TECHNIQUES; SHADOWING (HISTOLOGY); TUBULIN;

EID: 0033775854     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35014058     Document Type: Article

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